Hedi Slimane - Designer

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For me again Lauren Sherman & Puck need to start writing more insightful journalistic analysis and be more on point regarding the fashion industry because to many articles are just words to fill up a web page i notice.

Its standard practice for photographic rights are belonging to the photographer, unless the brand buys the full rights, usually it's bought only for the season or a year as the use after is not needed in most cases.
The photographer in this case is Hedi, beside being the creative director of the brand, same happened to his saint laurent departure.

Just classic sensational reporting when it comes to Hedi´s exercise of right however juvenile it may seem.
This is same industry that advocates for creatives to have freedom and the be protected from the evil corporate men in suits ...lolz

 

[GivenchyAddict]

That article was full of BS. 🤣

 

[Lola701]

This kind of article is like intellectual self pleasure…
Because precisely the « Hedi rant » wasn’t towards Rider but rather corporate.
And also, the Armani thing is again, self pleasure at it finest.

Just because a microcosm that doesn’t have any access to Slimane decided that Armani would be the suited route for him doesn’t indicate at all that the brand and it ethos is something that Hedi would want to be a part of.

And then again, it’s totally ok for a photographer to negotiate the exclusivity of the exploitation of his/her work.

This rant is not so much different from Hedi’s rant during the Saint Laurent years regarding his involvement towards the beauty side. I remember that YSL beauty was working with Edie Campbell in a spirit of his work. Edie Campbell was also his muse. So for creative integrity, he wanted to set the record straight.

And tbh, unless it’s for some kind of book about Celine or institutional projects, there’s no need for the company to re-use his visuals.

However what I’m the most intrigued by is the shows. I wonder if he has an ownership on the footages of the shows as much of his work is hard to have access to. And at the same time, his website is not really focused on his fashion work.
I’m so fascinated by the way designers handle their contracts regarding their personal archives ever since I learned that Tom Ford was buying his own Gucci/YSL archives at the time.

 

[chiccestlavie]

That article has the same energy as this Reuters TikTok. When you view fashion through the lens of business only that’s how you end up with our current state of the industry in 2025.

Edit: (Also let’s just skip over how she pronounces Balenciaga 😭)

 

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This kind of article is like intellectual self pleasure…
Because precisely the « Hedi rant » wasn’t towards Rider but rather corporate.
And also, the Armani thing is again, self pleasure at it finest.

Just because a microcosm that doesn’t have any access to Slimane decided that Armani would be the suited route for him doesn’t indicate at all that the brand and it ethos is something that Hedi would want to be a part of.

And then again, it’s totally ok for a photographer to negotiate the exclusivity of the exploitation of his/her work.

This rant is not so much different from Hedi’s rant during the Saint Laurent years regarding his involvement towards the beauty side. I remember that YSL beauty was working with Edie Campbell in a spirit of his work. Edie Campbell was also his muse. So for creative integrity, he wanted to set the record straight.

And tbh, unless it’s for some kind of book about Celine or institutional projects, there’s no need for the company to re-use his visuals.

However what I’m the most intrigued by is the shows. I wonder if he has an ownership on the footages of the shows as much of his work is hard to have access to. And at the same time, his website is not really focused on his fashion work.
I’m so fascinated by the way designers handle their contracts regarding their personal archives ever since I learned that Tom Ford was buying his own Gucci/YSL archives at the time.

in think the show set he could keep the rights as his photography work but the clothes not because its product and part of celine IP , then the furniture he (re -) designed is another thing because he is then the architect and furniture seller ? Lol
i assume all the stores planned are part of his final buyout and new planned ones will be michael than.


he smart cookie :-)

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

However what I’m the most intrigued by is the shows. I wonder if he has an ownership on the footages of the shows as much of his work is hard to have access to. And at the same time, his website is not really focused on his fashion work.

Really an interesting point Lola.
He created a highly original form of show, compared to the classic runway, and when you watch Cosmic, The Dancing Kid, Chambord Castle or Un Été français they are more about creating a mood than displaying properly the clothes.

But I imagine that, given that he was using LVMH ressources and that preparing a show is part of your duties as a CD, the rights of the footage belong to Céline.

 

[Lola701]

in think the show set he could keep the rights as his photography work but the clothes not because its product and part of celine IP , then the furniture he (re -) designed is another thing because he is then the architect and furniture seller ? Lol
i assume all the stores planned are part of his final buyout and new planned ones will be michael than.


he smart cookie :-)

When I meant show, it was more the videos of the shows because Hedi edit his shows in a specific and therefore gets credits even for filming the shows that I wonder if he does not have exclusive exploitation of them too.

For me there’s something interesting, even in the verge of tricky in his use of credits (which sometimes I find quite dishonest for a creative like in perfumes for example).

For the stores, it’s an architectural project so Celine is his client. I wonder if the Art commissioned for the stores is owned by Celine now or just loaned.

But yes, he is very smart.
Only him and Karl learned how to really squeeze things. When I learned that Karl owned the Fendi logo up until they sold it to LVMH, I was like, Genius!
But Hedi pushed it to a level that no one else did. Even Tom and Nicolas. Tom with Studio Sofield and Nicolas with DGF never got credit for the store design whereas Hedi did.

Really an interesting point Lola.
He created a highly original form of show, compared to the classic runway, and when you watch Cosmic, The Dancing Kid, Chambord Castle or Un Été français they are more about creating a mood than displaying properly the clothes.

But I imagine that, given that he was using LVMH ressources and that preparing a show is part of your duties as a CD, the rights of the footage belong to Céline.

But I wonder if there isn’t something like rights of exploitations for that too.
Because all those videos are either directed or edited by Hedi. As he has the Final Cut as the director, could it be considered as his « oeuvre ». So even a show like his last for Saint Laurent or his first for Celine, except for international press who will keep it on their archives, only the brands could use it for commercial use.
But then, if Celine decides for example to have a archive like Prada, I wonder if using the final edited cut by Slimane will means paying exploitations rights to him…But they probably have a « raw » version too.


I wish Hedi would do an exhibition one day or really turn his website as a real anthology of his work.
Seeing dirty sweaty rockers beautifully shot in B&W is not particularly exciting to me.

 

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Really an interesting point Lola.
He created a highly original form of show, compared to the classic runway, and when you watch Cosmic, The Dancing Kid, Chambord Castle or Un Été français they are more about creating a mood than displaying properly the clothes.

But I imagine that, given that he was using LVMH ressources and that preparing a show is part of your duties as a CD, the rights of the footage belong to Céline.

footage of the show is one thing is one thing but the set meaning the light installations i think fall under commissioned artwork

than again how often do we see brand use fashion show footage once the season is over if it not for a exhibition purpose.

like you said the shows Cosmic, The Dancing Kid, Chambord Castle or Un Été français etc they were not like classic runway shows in his style feel like a extension/introduction of the celine adv campaigns.

To divorce with Hedi is an expensive hobby as he does everything in the relationship and takes it all with him lol